ECAT Pre Engineering Mathematic MCQ Test With Answer for Chapter 14 (Application of Trigonometry)

A tower subtends an angleαat a point on the same level as the root of the tower and at a second point, b meters above the first, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower isβ. The height of the tower is

• b cotαtanβ A
• b tanαtanβ B
• b tanαcotβ C
• None of these D

If the elevation of the sun is 30°, then the length of the shadow cast by a tower of 150 ft height is

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

The angle of elevation of the tops of two towers at the middle point of the line joining the foots of the tower are 60^οand 30^οrespectively. The the ratio of the heghts of the tower is

• 2 : 1 A
• 3 : 1 B
• 1 : 2 C
• 1 : 3 D

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

Area ofΔABC=

• ab sinα A
• 1/2 ab sinα B
• 1/2 ac sinγ C
• 1/2 ac sinβ D

A man of height 6 ft observes the top of a tower and the foot of the tower at angles of 45° and 30° of elevation and depression respectively. The height of the tower is

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  A
• 
  B
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  C
• 
  D

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

x = r2, y = 1 are the parametric equation of

• Circle A
• Hyperbola B
• Ellipse C
• Parabola D

The law of tangents is ______

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  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  D

A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree on the opposite bank of the river is 60° and when he retires 40 meters away from the tree the angle of elevation becomes 30°. The breadth of the river is

• 40 m A
• 30 m B
• 20 m C
• 60 m D

If Cosθ=0, thenθ= ______

• nπ/2 A
• (2n + 1)π/2 B
• (2n - 1)π/2 C
• (4n + 1)π/2 D

The longer side of a parallelogram is 10 cm and the shorter is 6 cm. If the longer diagonal makes an angles 30° with the longer side, the length of the longer diagonal is

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  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  D

The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point 17 meters from is foot is 42^𝜊The height of the tree is

• 12m A
• 21m B
• 17m C
• 15m D

If you are looking a high point from the ground, then the angle formed is

• Angle of elevation A
• Angle of depression B
• Right angle C
• Horizon D

• The law of sines A
• The law of consines B
• The law of tangents C
• None of these D

AB is a vertical pole and C is its middle point. The end A is on the level ground and P is any point on the level ground other than A. the portion CB subtends and angleβat P. If AP : AB = 2 : 1 thenβ=

• 
  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

A triangle has six

• side A
• elements B
• angle C
• tangents D

The angle of depression of a point situated at a distance of 70 meters from the base of a tower is 45°. The height of the tower is

• 70 m A
• 85 m B
• 35 m C
• None of these D

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  A
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  B
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  C
• 
  D

A tower subtends an angle of 30° at a point distant d from the foot of the tower and on the same level as the foot of the tower. At a second point, h vertically above the firs, the angle of depression of the foot of the tower, is 60°. The height of the tower is

• h/3 A
• h/3d B
• 3h C
• 3h / d D

The angle of depression of the point at a distance 70 meters from the foot of the tower from the top of the tower is 45^𝜊.The height of the tower is

• 37m A
• 97m B
• 101m C
• 70m D

The angle AOP which the ray from an observer's eye at O to an object at P at a lower level makes with horizontal ray OA through O is called the

• Angle of depression A
• Angle of elevation B
• Acute angle C
• Obtuse angle D

E-radius corresponding to < A is

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

The angles of elevation of the top of a tower at the top and the foot of a pole of height 10 m are 30° and 60° respectively. The height of the tower is

• 10 m A
• 15 m B
• 20 m C
• None of these D

When the angle between the ground and the sun is 30^𝜊,flag pole costss a shadow of 40 mg long. the height of the top of the flag is

• 25m A
• 23m B
• 12m C
• 29m D

For any equilateral r :R :η :r1 :r2 :r3 =

• 1:2:3:4:5 A
• 1:2:3:3:3 B
• 1:2:4:4:4 C
• 2:1 :2 :2 :2 D

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  A
• 
  B
• 
  C
• 
  D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

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  A
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  B
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  C
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  D

If five triangles are constructed having sides of the lengths indicated below, the triangle that will NOT be a right triangle is

• 8, 15, 17 A
• 3, 4, 5 B
• 12, 15, 18 C
• 5, 12, 13 D